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TOPSHOT - Swimmers enjoy a 'dawn dip' in the West Reservoir outdoor swimming lake in east London on December 2, 2020 as England emerges from a month-long lockdown to combat the novel coronavirus pandemic. - England on December 2 exited a month-long lockdown into a new 3-tiered system of curbs with non-essential retail, leisure centres and salons all reopening but with some sectors, including hospitality, seeing tighter restrictions. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)
Will 2021 be different amid COVID?
LONDON: Swimmers enjoy a 'dawn dip' in the West Reservoir outdoor swimming lake yesterday as England emerges from a month-long lockdown to combat the novel coronavirus pandemic. - AFP PARIS: 2020 was a year turned upside-down by the novel coronavirus. But with the prospect of several vaccines coming online and less stringent restrictions, experts say it's possible 2021 will return to a semblance of normality. With a second COVID-19 wave...
A woman carrying a baby in a sling onher back waits to buy fresh fish at the fishing port in Mbour on November 16, 2020. - Mbour has in the recent months been a popular departure site for illegal migrants wanting to reach Europe. Lack of work for youth and the dwindling fish stocks is driving young Senegalese fishermen to find opportunity elsewhere. In the last two weeks of October 2020 alone, four hundred and eighty migrants where registered dead or missing along the coast of Senegal whilst trying to illegally make the crossing to the Canary Islands. (Photo by JOHN WESSELS / AFP)
For young Senegalese, perilous journey to Europe worth the risk
A woman carrying a baby in a sling on her back waits to buy fresh fish at the fishing port in Mbour. Mbour has in the recent months been a popular departure site for illegal migrants wanting to reach Europe. - AFP MBOUR, Senegal: Djiby Dieng packed just a tiny backpack when he boarded a brightly colored wooden boat at the Senegalese port of Mbour to seek his fortune in Europe. The 21-year-old left on October 18, without telling his mother,...
Dolls are placed at the Bolivar square during a demonstration against child abuse in Bogota, on November 30, 2020. - A thousand cuddly toys were scattered around Bogota's main square on Monday with a message denouncing the sexual violence that punishes 37 children in Colombia every day. (Photo by RAUL ARBOLEDA / STAFF / AFP)
COVID-19 lockdowns drive spike in online child abuse
BOGOTA: Dolls are placed at the Bolivar square during a demonstration against child abuse in Bogota. A thousand cuddly toys were scattered around Bogota's main square on Monday with a message denouncing the sexual violence that punishes 37 children in Colombia every day. -AFP BRISBANE: Out-of-school kids and adult predators spending more time at home and on the internet during the coronavirus pandemic is the "perfect storm" driving a spike in...
This picture taken on December 1, 2020 and released on December 2, 2020 by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) via CNS shows an image taken by the camera attached to the Chang'e-5 spacecraft during its landing process on the moon. - An unmanned Chinese spacecraft landed on the Moon on December 1, state media reported, the latest milestone in a mission to collect samples from the lunar surface. (Photo by - / China National Space Administration (CNSA) via CNS / AFP) / China OUT
China lunar probe gathers samples after landing
This picture taken on Tuesday and released yesterday shows an image taken by the camera attached to the Chang'e-5 spacecraft during its landing process on the moon. - AFP BEIJING: A Chinese space probe yesterday began drilling on the surface of the Moon hours after landing, in an ambitious attempt to bring back the first lunar samples in four decades. Beijing has poured billions into its military-run space program, with hopes of having a crewed...
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE - DECEMBER 01: U.S. President-elect Joe Biden leaves the Queen Theater after he named his economic team December 1, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. Biden is nominating and appointing key positions of the team, including Janet Yellen to be Secretary of the Treasury. Biden is walking with a boot after suffering from hairline fractures while playing with his dog Major. Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP
Biden: Help 'on the way' for economy
WILMINGTON: US President-elect Joe Biden leaves the Queen Theater after he named his economic team on Tuesday in Wilmington, Delaware. - AFP WILMINGTON: President-elect Joe Biden presented his economic team on Tuesday and pledged they would lead the charge on a plan to provide more relief for the faltering US economy, which his nominee for Treasury secretary called an "American tragedy." The diverse group, featuring women and minorities in key...
An employee makes dry ice pellets at Capitol Carbonic, a dry ice factory, in Baltimore, Maryland, November 20, 2020. - Amid a whipsaw year that saw a surge in demand for its dry ice and a shortage of the carbon dioxide needed to make it, Capitol Carbonic received a call from a prospective customer: Pfizer. The global pharmaceutical giant was on the hunt for the quarter-inch pellets Capitol Carbonic, a six-decade-old family concern, spits out of a machine resembling a giant spaghetti maker in a Baltimore warehouse -- exactly what Pfizer needs to keep its Covid-19 vaccine at just the right, very chilly, temperature. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)
Cold, hard mission for US warehouse: Help stop COVID
BALTIMORE: An employee makes dry ice pellets at Capitol Carbonic, a dry ice factory, on Nov 20, 2020. - AFP BALTIMORE: A warehouse in the US city of Baltimore may seem an unlikely place to help save the country from the COVID-19 pandemic, but Brian Gallizzo is prepared to do just that. "We are ready, we have our tanks full," Gallizzo, chief financial officer for the six-decade-old family firm Capitol Carbonic, told AFP. How his company will help...
Imants Pulkstenis (L), Research Assistant, and Pavels Razmajevs (R), Chief Operating Officer of the Latvian company EvenTech, which has a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA), work on November 27, 2020 at the Technical University in Riga, Latvia. - In a corner of the campus at Riga Technical University, a team of scientists is working on technology that could one day stop asteroids from smashing into Earth. The high-precision timers being built by hand in the lab of Latvian start-up Eventech are currently being used to track satellites with high precision. (Photo by Gints Ivuskans / AFP)
Lab developing device to help Earth dodge asteroids
RIGA: Imants Pulkstenis (left), Research Assistant, and Pavels Razmajevs, Chief Operating Officer of the Latvian company EvenTech, work on Nov 27, 2020 at the Technical University. - AFP RIGA, Latvia: In a corner of the campus at Riga Technical University, a team of scientists is working on technology that could one day stop asteroids from smashing into Earth. The high-precision timers being built by hand in the lab of Latvian start-up Eventech...
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KUWAIT: Traditional fishing boats near the fish market in Fahaheel. - Photo by Sito Mirah Ayu (Instagram: @sito_ayu)
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Second wave of coronavirus crisis pushes jobless into survival mode
MADRID: Honduran domestic worker Sonia Herrera is now managing to avoid the food banks in Madrid which made her feel 'a bit ashamed' .-AFP PARIS: Thousands of workers around the world who suddenly lost their jobs in sectors hit hard by the pandemic such as air travel, hospitality and tourism, said they had to find out how they have coped during the second coronavirus wave. Forced to skip meals, weighed down by debt or having to move back in with...
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DHAMAN continues innovation in developing healthcare through over 800 training courses
Ahmad Bourisly KUWAIT: Health Assurance Hospitals Company (DHAMAN) launched a number of initiatives aimed at the continuous development of its human resources to ensure achieving 'Healthcare for New Kuwait.'As part of its 2020 plan, DHAMAN introduced a campaign for its staff to participate in online training courses by using virtual communication technologies, which are in line with preventive measures enforced around the world due to the...
Archaelogical artfacts founds in Istanbul are on display as people visit after the restoration of the Galata Tower on October 16, 2020 in Istanbul. - The Galata Tower -- an emblematic 14th century monument of Istanbul -- has become the latest victim of such controversy. The demolition of one of its walls with a jackhammer as part of a restoration work was narrowly avoided last August after a video leaked on social media, which sparked strong criticism from the largest city's residents. (Photo by Ozan KOSE / AFP)
Turks bristle at botched heritage renovations
Archaelogical artfacts found in Istanbul are on display as people visit after the restoration of the Galata Tower. With sloppy restoration work and damaged or disfigured historical monuments, experts say a race for profits, ideological considerations and favoritism are leaving sensitive upkeep of cultural heritage by the wayside in Turkey. In August the Galata Tower-an emblematic 14th-century Istanbul landmark-became the latest monument at the...
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'Juno' star Elliot Page comes out as transgender
In this file photo Director/actor formerly known as Ellen Page attends the premiere of the documentary "There's Something in the Water" during the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival Day 4 in Toronto, Ontario.-AFP The Oscar-nominated star of "Juno" has come out as transgender, introducing himself as Elliot Page on Tuesday in social media posts that voiced joy at sharing the news-but also fear over a possible backlash. In a landmark move for...
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(Left) Demonstrators brandish placards and flags of Palestine during a rally in Rabat on Aug 3, 2024, protesting the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. (Right) Protesters rally in London during the "National March for Gaza", calling to end the genocide, stop arming the Zionist entity and no Middle East war on Aug 3, 2024. - AFP photos
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MOGADISHU: Relatives carry the body of a woman killed during an attack on Aug 3, 2024. - AFP
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LIVERPOOL: Police officers face protesters outside the Liver Building in Liverpool on August 3, 2024 during an 'Enough is Enough' anti-immigrant rally. — AFP
Fearful UK mosques on alert over far-right protests